Article: School life and the war dominated my childhood especially after a bomb landed next to our house The disruption caused by the outbreak of the Second World War dominated Gwen Foster's childhood memories. For not only was she briefly and unhappily evacuated, but later her whole family had a narrow escape when their house was damaged in a bombing raid, rendering them homeless - as Gwen (nee Wheldon), of Littleover, recounts.

Article: The Origins of the Second World War: the Debate ...
The Australian Journal of Politics and History;  March 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...The Origins of the Second World War: The Debate Continues. By Robert ... aspects of the origins of the Second World War. The first half of the book, which ... they all "know" that the Second World War was "Hitler's War" (Warren Kimball ...

Article: The true face of modern war ; These images might look like scenes ...
Plymouth Evening Herald, The;  August 27, 2008 ;     647 words ... ... after sustaining terrible facial injuries during World War One. His treatment by surgeon Sir Harold Gillies ... and subsequent surgery," he said. "The First World War was a war dominated by high explosives and heavy artillery. "Casualties ...

Article: Stephan, Robert W. Stalin's Secret War: Soviet ...
History: Review of New Books;  June 22, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Publication Date: January 2004 It is not surprising that World War II intelligence related issues are slow to come to light. Because the Cold War dominated the post-World War II era so quickly, thirty to sixty years later ...

Article: The thrall of war
The Press;  March 5, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... did not go in for mediaeval warfare. In our war-dominated play, we were World War 2 combatants with machine guns, tommy guns ... were far enough from the horrors of the Second World War and long enough before the anguish over Vietnam ...

Article: 1991 THIS WAS THE WEEK THAT... Time traveller War ...
South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales);  January 13, 2009 ;     700+ words ...Byline: ANDREW MELVIN THE Gulf War began with devastating attacks by Allied warplanes throughout Iraq. Following weeks when the world waited to see if Saddam Hussein's forces would withdraw from Iraq, air forces launched two major attacks. The Iraqi leader remained defiant, saying: "The mother of

Article: COLUMN: 3 years later, 9/11 still determines a lot
University Wire;  September 15, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... inevitable that both parties would use Sept. 11 as a political football. Of course, just as the Civil War dominated the 1864 election, and World War II determined the 1944 race, the war on terror should be at the top of everyone's agenda this ...

Article: WORLD WAR I TO WORLD WAR IV: A ...
Journal of Economics and Economic Education Research;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT This paper analyses the idea that the world has not only experienced World War I and World War II but has also fought World War III and is currently waging World War IV. Socio-political and economic factors are applied ...